---
name: "Stefan Arndt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stefan-arndt"
fi1m_id: "stefan-arndt"
imdb_id: "nm0036155"
tmdb_id: 1073
wikidata_id: "Q98319"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 August 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T19:58:50.942253+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Stefan Arndt

## Identity

Stefan Arndt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stefan-arndt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stefan-arndt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0036155
- **TMDB ID:** 1073
- **Wikidata ID:** Q98319
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Arndt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1073

Producer. Born 28 August 1961 in München, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 August 1961, München, Germany
- **Active:** 1998–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Achim von Borries](https://film.one/person/achim-von-borries.md), [Hendrik Handloegten](https://film.one/person/hendrik-handloegten.md), [Leonie Benesch](https://film.one/person/leonie-benesch.md), [Michael Haneke](https://film.one/person/michael-haneke.md), [Tom Tykwer](https://film.one/person/tom-tykwer.md), [Veit Heiduschka](https://film.one/person/veit-heiduschka.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 82 (2), 2010s 85 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Mystery 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $128m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Arndt, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98319, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1073

## Coming up

- *Kochschule Schwarz* (2026-12-24), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Babylon Berlin*](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Run Lola Run*](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stefan Arndt is a German film producer. Born in Munich on 28 August 1961, he co-founded the production company X-Filme Creative Pool in 1994 with Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker and Dani Levy. He had earlier co-founded Liebesfilm with Tykwer in 1992 and been involved in Berlin cinema collectives from the mid-1980s.

Arndt produced *Run Lola Run* (1998) and numerous other X-Filme productions, including *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), *The White Ribbon* (2009), *Amour* (2012) and *Cloud Atlas* (2012). He served as managing director of X-Filme until stepping down from the day-to-day role in 2024 while remaining associated with the company as a producer.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmportal.de, de.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Babylon Berlin* (2017), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md)
- *Amour* (2012), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kochschule Schwarz* (2026), Producer
- *Berlin Hero* (2025), Producer
- *The Uncertainty Principle of Love* (2023), Producer
- *The Kangaroo Conspiracy* (2022), Producer
- *Enfant Terrible* (2020), Producer
- *Divine* (2020), Producer
- *The Kangaroo Chronicles* (2020), Producer
- *Isi & Ossi* (2020), Producer
- *Alfons Zitterbacke* (2019), Producer
- *Zwei Herren im Anzug* (2018), Producer
- *Babylon Berlin* (2017), series, Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md)
- *Sommerfest* (2017), Producer
- *Happy End* (2017), Producer
- *Cold Hell* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Frantz* (2016), Producer
- *A Hologram for the King* (2016), Producer
- *Junction 48* (2016), Producer
- *Alone in Berlin* (2016), Producer
- *Girl in the Ice* (2015), Producer
- *Punk Berlin 1982* (2015), Producer
- *The Dark Valley* (2014), Producer
- *Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee* (2013), Producer
- *Sources of Life* (2013), Producer
- *Cloud Atlas* (2012), Producer
- *Amour* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/amour.md)
- *4 Days in May* (2011), Producer
- *Three* (2010), Producer
- *The White Ribbon* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-ribbon.md)
- *The Countess* (2009), Associate Producer
- *Love Life* (2007), Producer
- *Trick or Treaters* (2007), Co-Producer
- *Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan* (2007), Producer
- *My Führer* (2007), Producer
- *Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt* (2006), as Pfarrer
- *Imagine Me & You* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Summer in Berlin* (2005), Producer
- *Agnes and His Brothers* (2004), Producer
- *Soundless* (2004), Producer
- *Love in Thoughts* (2004), Producer
- *Jargo* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)
- *Heaven* (2002), Producer
- *Heidi M.* (2001), Producer
- *The Princess and the Warrior* (2000), Producer
- *Paul Is Dead* (2000), Producer
- *Gigantic* (1999), Producer
- *The Giraffe* (1999), Producer
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)
- *Winter Sleepers* (1997), Producer
- *Life Is All You Get* (1997), Producer
- *Deadly Maria* (1993), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2018 - Achim von Borries, Gebhard Henke, Tom Tykwer und Stefan Arndt](https://film.one/media/person/87832/gallery-d67d39e706bf.jpg) Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2018 - Achim von Borries, Gebhard Henke, Tom Tykwer und Stefan Arndt — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2018-01-26-DFP_2018-7101.jpg/1280px-2018-01-26-DFP_2018-7101.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stefan Arndt](https://film.one/media/person/87832/gallery-aed62c8795a5.jpg) Stefan Arndt — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Portrait_Stefan_Arndt_2018-01-26-DFP_2018-7101_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Verleiher Christoph Ott (NFP) mit Produzent Stefan Arndt (X FIlme) beim NRW Kinoprogrammpreis, November 2016, Köln.](https://film.one/media/person/87832/gallery-d78192ecfbe7.jpg) Verleiher Christoph Ott (NFP) mit Produzent Stefan Arndt (X FIlme) beim NRW Kinoprogrammpreis, November 2016, Köln. — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Verleiher_Christoph_Ott_%28NFP%29_mit_Produzent_Stefan_Arndt_%28X_FIlme%29.jpg/1280px-Verleiher_Christoph_Ott_%28NFP%29_mit_Produzent_Stefan_Arndt_%28X_FIlme%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2013: Best Picture (nominated), for *Amour*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2010: Best Film Not in the English Language (nominated), for *The White Ribbon*
- 2004: Best Film Not in the English Language (nominated), for *Good Bye Lenin!*
- 2000: Best Film Not in the English Language (nominated), for *Run Lola Run*

### Other awards — 5 won, 4 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2017: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (won), for *Before Dawn*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2014: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (won), for *The Dark Valley*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2013: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (nominated), for *Sources of Life*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2012: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Amour*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2011: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (nominated), for *Three*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2010: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (won), for *The White Ribbon*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2009: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *The White Ribbon*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2006: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (nominated), for *Summer in Berlin*
- German Film Award for Best Feature Film 2005: German Film Award for Best Feature Film (nominated), for *Agnes and His Brothers*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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